Kynn,
kind of you to note the connection between DHTML and LD, which I had
failed to identify myself.
Certainly Joe's book is well written, and on topic. It was possibly
'about' accessibility rather than a 'howto'.
My preferred learning style is project based, so there weren't nearly
enough code samples or links in the text for me.
In any case it is a useful text.
thanks
On Wednesday, January 21, 2004, at 09:15 pm, Kynn Bartlett wrote:
>
> On Wednesday, January 21, 2004, at 01:10 PM, Jonathan Chetwynd wrote:
>> It is amply evident that Joe did not research this aspect of his
>> book. He also has not quoted any 'expert' and in all probability
>> cannot find anyone knowledgeable to sustain his description.
>
> I use Joe's book in my Web accessibility techniques class (which is the
> second of two accessibility classes; the first class uses the Glasshaus
> book), but this is one of several cases in which Joe's book is
> deficient on specific topics. (Javascript accessibility being another
> key one.) However, no book is perfect, and so I'm happy just to point
> out to folks "this is Joe's opinion, here's some other links..." and
> go from there.
>
> The good thing is that nearly everyone recognizes that the types of
> actions you can take to make sites incrementally more usable by LD
> users are actions which are generally good for _everyone_. So there
> is not the resistance you'd expect on this issue out in the "real
> world." Surprise -- Web designers actually _like_ using graphics!
>
> --Kynn
>
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Jonathan Chetwynd
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